COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST) FY2026 YTD Q3 Statement of Cash Flows

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Statement of Cash Flows

2025-09-01 to 2026-05-10

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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW cash flow reconciliation, Sep 1, 2025 through May 10, 2026One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.NET INCOME → Net cash from operating activities: $6,228,000,000.00Accounts payable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $2,498,000,000.00Depreciation and amortization → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $1,791,000,000.00Other operating assets and liabilities, net → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $828,000,000.00Stock-based compensation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $771,000,000.00Non-cash lease expense → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $221,000,000.00Other non-cash operating activities, net → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $36,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $4,905,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Merchandise inventories: $1,240,000,000.00Maturities of short-term investments → investing reconciliation: $544,000,000.00Other investing activities, net → investing reconciliation: $4,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Additions to property and equipment: $4,228,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of short-term investments: $480,000,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $2,175,000,000.00Proceeds from short-term borrowings → financing reconciliation: $459,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Cash dividend payments: $1,154,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repurchases of common stock: $603,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repayments of short-term borrowings: $390,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Tax withholdings on stock-based awards: $361,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Repayments of long-term debt: $69,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Financing lease payments and other financing activities, net: $57,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $4,160,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $14,161,000,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $11,133,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Exchange-rate effect: $13,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $18,946,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $4,160,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $2,175,000,000.00Non-cash lease expense: $221,000,000.00Non-cash lease expense+$221.00 MStock-based compensation: $771,000,000.00Stock-based compensation+$771.00 MAccounts payable: $2,498,000,000.00Accounts payable+$2.50 BDepreciation and amortization: $1,791,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$1.79 BOther operating assets and liabilities, net: $828,000,000.00Other working capital, net+$828.00 MOther non-cash operating activities, net: $36,000,000.00Other non-cash items+$36.00 MNET INCOME: $6,228,000,000.00NET INCOME+$6.23 BMerchandise inventories: -$1,240,000,000.00Inventories−$1.24 BNet cash from operating activities: $11,133,000,000.00Operating cash+$11.13 BOperating adjustments reconciliation: $6,145,000,000.00Repayments of short-term borrowings: -$390,000,000.00Short-term debt repaid−$390.00 MProceeds from short-term borrowings: $459,000,000.00Short-term debt issued+$459.00 MRepayments of long-term debt: -$69,000,000.00Long-term debt repaid−$69.00 MTax withholdings on stock-based awards: -$361,000,000.00Stock-award tax withholding−$361.00 MRepurchases of common stock: -$603,000,000.00Common stock repurchases−$603.00 MCash dividend payments: -$1,154,000,000.00Dividends paid−$1.15 BFinancing lease payments and other financing activities, net: -$57,000,000.00Finance lease payments−$57.00 MNet cash used in financing activities: -$2,175,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$2.18 Bfinancing reconciliation: $2,634,000,000.00Purchases of short-term investments: -$480,000,000.00Short-term investment purchases−$480.00 MMaturities of short-term investments: $544,000,000.00Marketable securities proceeds+$544.00 MAdditions to property and equipment: -$4,228,000,000.00PP&E purchases−$4.23 BOther investing activities, net: $4,000,000.00Other investing, net+$4.00 MNet cash used in investing activities: -$4,160,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$4.16 Binvesting reconciliation: $4,708,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $25,294,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $14,161,000,000.00Beginning cash$14.16 BEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $18,946,000,000.00Ending cash$18.95 BExchange-rate effect: -$13,000,000.00FX effect−$13.00 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$6.91 BOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income1.79×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change+$4.79 BEnding cash − beginning cash
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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW cash flow reconciliation, Sep 1, 2025 through May 10, 2026

Cash flows for Sep 1, 2025 through May 10, 2026. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Aug 31, 2025. Ending cash: May 10, 2026. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Aug 31, 2025
14,161,000,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
11,133,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
NET INCOME
6,228,000,000 US dollars
Non-cash lease expense
221,000,000 US dollars
Stock-based compensation
771,000,000 US dollars
Accounts payable
2,498,000,000 US dollars
Depreciation and amortization
1,791,000,000 US dollars
Other operating assets and liabilities, net
828,000,000 US dollars
Other non-cash operating activities, net
36,000,000 US dollars
Merchandise inventories
negative 1,240,000,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 4,160,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Purchases of short-term investments
negative 480,000,000 US dollars
Maturities of short-term investments
544,000,000 US dollars
Additions to property and equipment
negative 4,228,000,000 US dollars
Other investing activities, net
4,000,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 2,175,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Repayments of short-term borrowings
negative 390,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from short-term borrowings
459,000,000 US dollars
Repayments of long-term debt
negative 69,000,000 US dollars
Tax withholdings on stock-based awards
negative 361,000,000 US dollars
Repurchases of common stock
negative 603,000,000 US dollars
Cash dividend payments
negative 1,154,000,000 US dollars
Financing lease payments and other financing activities, net
negative 57,000,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
6,145,000,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
2,634,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
4,708,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
negative 13,000,000 US dollars
Ending cash on May 10, 2026
18,946,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
25,294,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
4,785,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
1.79×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
11,133,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
4,228,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
6,905,000,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $4.91B after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash purchases of property, plant and equipment equals free cash flow: 11,133,000,000 US dollars minus 4,228,000,000 US dollars equals 6,905,000,000 US dollars.
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